It's said we learn something new every day...this one was a "biggie"! Our traveling companions, Susan and Alan, had been here a year ago and wanted us to see it. I should say, there's not a great deal to photograph that tells the story concisely...much is about the bay you see out the window past the museum display here.
I photographed much of the information as I knew I'd like to learn more at leisure, so one small paragraph explains, "Force works with industry, regulators and researchers to understand how tidal technology can become a safe and viable energy solution."
For those who may not know, this body of water, The Bay of Fundy, has the highest and lowest daily tides in the world. Many of the attempts to harness the energy of this movement of water has torn apart all equipment.
Personally, I find the following most interesting, as it's something Ken has talked about for years. As a young boy, he received his "Weekly Reader" in school, and he recalls vividly, reading about the Bay of Fundy. As far back as the early 50s, it discussed the notion of building a dam across this body of water tio harness the energy, and it was a topic that he thought about as he grew and studied engineering in college. His concern was that taking that much energy out of the ocean could disturb the balance of nature (entropy). I did note on one of the informational panels that this was also a concern of researchers in the present.
With 20/20 hindsight, we can look at all the attempts by man to fly before the successful plane was built. I have to wonder how history will record the windmills (that I feel are a major blight on the landscape and disturbing to the eye when driving past them for a stretch) or,similarly, the fields of solar panels, another blight on the landscape. I'm not unaware that we need "something", but again, what will history record and have we found the answer yet?.
http://365project.org/Weezilou/album-excess/2014-09-25 If the water works, it would be wonderful if we might be able to avoid this choice...
...from across the pond, "Good night"!
Brings to mind, too, a family that generated power to the tv by walking on a tread mill... The brilliant thinkers are out there...time to do some of this!!! Thanks for sharing!!